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CogniGuide

EducationListed on TrustMRR· Sep 17
$19.9K
Asking Price
$813/mo
Monthly Revenue
$643/mo
Monthly Profit
2.6x
Profit Multiple
1 months
Business Age
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Why We Picked This

CogniGuide shows exceptional 79% profit margins and a reasonable 2.6x annual profit multiple, with verified financials and 50,000+ registered users driving meaningful organic SEO traction (13,157 Google clicks in August, +26% growth). However, the business is only 1 month old, creating substantial uncertainty about user retention, churn, and whether current revenue reflects early adopter enthusiasm or durable product-market fit. The gap between registered users and paying customers, and the earliest point in the revenue history, require independent verification before committing capital.

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Strengths

  • ✓Verified financials with 79% profit margin—exceptionally strong cash generation relative to revenue
  • ✓Attractive 2.6x annual profit multiple well below typical SaaS midpoint
  • ✓50,000+ registered users with established organic SEO channel (13,157 Google clicks in August 2026, +26% growth since May)
  • ✓Clean data quality score and transparent platform verification
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Details to confirm

  • •Business is only 1 month old—confirm monthly churn rate and cohort retention to establish whether revenue is durable or driven by early-adopter enthusiasm
  • •Clarify the ratio of registered users to paying customers and provide at least 2-3 months of historical MRR to assess revenue stability
  • •Request customer acquisition cost (CAC) breakdown for the SEO channel and any paid channels to validate unit economics
  • •Verify the description cutoff ('Historical peak MRR o') and request full financial statements covering the 1-month operating period

Additional details to confirm

Evidence 74/100
Very short track record: under 6 monthsTraffic or algorithm dependency

Buy vs Build: BUILD

42
AI-native cash cost
$2.8K–$5.5K
Estimated time
6 weeks
Asking price
$19.9K

The core software—note-to-flashcard, mind-map, and quiz generation—is reproducible as an MVP using Claude/GPT-4 APIs, document-parsing libraries (e.g., Tesseract, pdfplumber), and lightweight front-end frameworks in 6 weeks and $2.8–$5.5K out-of-pocket. However, the key business asset being acquired is 50,000 registered users and an organic SEO channel delivering 13,157+ monthly clicks. The acquisition is attractive only if retention and paying-customer metrics confirm that the user base and traffic channel are durable. At 1 month old, that evidence does not yet exist. A builder could replicate the feature set quickly and invest the same effort into SEO and user acquisition; the risk of acquiring unproven retention is higher than the speed/cost advantage of buying the current user base. Verify cohort retention and paying-customer stability before changing this verdict.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$10K
Annual Revenue
$8K
Annual Profit
$0.8K
Monthly Revenue
31 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin79%
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Business Overview

AI study SaaS turning notes into mind maps, flashcards and quizzes. 50,000+ registered users and an established SEO channel: 13,157 Google clicks in August 2026, up 26% from May. Historical peak MRR o

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Quick Facts

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Type
Education
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Age
1 months
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Sep 17, 2026

Deal Score

52
Interesting
Evidence confidence74/100
2.6x
Good Multiple
Asking$19.9K
MRR$813/mo
Profit$643/mo
Profit Multiple2.6x
Age1 months
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.